[cod] Multiple COD:UO servers on the same box
Marcello Alves
marcello.alves at gmail.com
Fri Dec 10 10:31:48 EST 2004
On my Fedora Core 2 box, "man sticky" yields nothing, but "man chmod"
produces this interesting snip:
STICKY FILES
On older Unix systems, the sticky bit caused executable files to be
hoarded in swap space. This feature is not useful on modern VM sys-
tems, and the Linux kernel ignores the sticky bit on files. Other ker-
nels may use the sticky bit on files for system-defined purposes. On
some systems, only the superuser can set the sticky bit on files.
STICKY DIRECTORIES
When the sticky bit is set on a directory, files in that directory may
be unlinked or renamed only by root or their owner. Without the sticky
bit, anyone able to write to the directory can delete or rename files.
The sticky bit is commonly found on directories, such as /tmp, that are
world-writable.
Anyone can clarify what's meant by "modern VM systems" and why this
feature is not useful on them?
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Marcello Pires Alves
marcello.alves at gmail.com
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